The Review ➔ Grass Roots spend tracker
THE meetings and events specialist Grass Roots has launched a new tool it claims will assist event planners in tracking all third-party event spending. The organisation says key benefits for clients include gaining visibility of their full meetings and events spend, helping them to benchmark events on price and performance, improve negotiation and drive compliance. Des McLaughlin, managing director of venue procurement at Grass Roots, says: “Over the past five years we have achieved average savings for clients of more than 30 per cent on their venue spend, and with the introduction of a full third-party event spend tracker this can only lead to greater cost and time savings and improve efficiency and leverage. He continues, “Corporates are keen to get their arms around the
THE MEETING PLACE
QHOTELS' NEW CONCIERGE
QHOTELS has upgraded its Total Meetings Package to offer conference concierges in ten of its 21 key event hotels in the UK. The group says its new Conference Concierges will troubleshoot event problems for event delegates and organisers alike, however obscure or minor the issue. The Concierge team will
full breadth of their event spend and this solution will provide them with intelligent tracking across the full gambit of their suppliers, providing useful approval mechanisms and meaningful management information. Whether they want to compare quotes, look at bids versus spend or just spend by supplier we can help them.”
Approved suppliers will be trained on Grass Roots' approach and supporting software, while bookers will use the system to generate quote requests and book through the technology. Activity is therefore tracked and can be used to help drive the level of visibility and compliance to effectively monitor and manage spend.
meet and greet guests, ensure deliveries go to the right location, order taxis and generally work quietly in the background to make sure that events run smoothly and efficiently. QHotels says the Conference Concierges will even endeavour to supply those often forgotten items such as phone chargers and items of stationery.
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